Supplier Inventory Advices

 IMPORTANT Note   Inventory Advices on the Customer Demand Mgt screen and the ones on the Supplier Demand Mgt screen have similar functions. The main difference between them are the purpose of use and types of users.

Main Topics:

• Create a Supplier Inventory Advice

• Edit a Supplier Inventory Advice

• Delete a Supplier Inventory Advice

• Related Topics

Create a Supplier Inventory Advice

1. On the Supplier Demand Mgt menu, click Inventory Advices.

2. On the Supplier Inventory Advices screen, click  New.

3. On the General tab, fill out the details of the Inventory Advice, as follows.

 Note   For a full description of each field, refer to the Field Definitions in the next section.

 a.   Select the Trading Partner in the dropdown list.

 b.   Select the purpose code in the Purpose dropdown list.

 c.   Enter the Reference Number in the text box.

 d.   Set the Created Date and Due Date in the calendars.

    e.   For Supplier Code, click the search icon and then select an option in the Browse Supplier Code window.

  Note   The supplier codes are loaded from the Addresses module of the trading partner.

    f.   For Plant Code, click the search icon and then select an option in the Browse Address Code window.

 g.   Type the Supplier Name in the text box.

 h.   Type the Plant Name in the text box.

4. When you’re finished, click  Save.

After you save the information on the General tab, the Parts tab is displayed.

5. Switch to the Parts tab.

6. On the Parts tab, click  New to create a new part number.

  7.   On the Inventory Advices Detail window, fill out the details of the part, as follows.

  Note   For a full description of each field, refer to the Field Definitions - Parts in the next section.

  a.    For Part Number, click the search icon and then select an option in the Browse Parts window.

b.    Type the Description in the text box.

c.    Select the Advice Type in the dropdown list.

d.    Set the Due Date, Cycle Count Date, and Last Received Date in the calendars.

e.    Enter the Engineering Change Level in the text box.

f.     Type in the Promise Code in the text box.

g.    Next, click the View more link to expand the details.

 h.    Fill out the Last Ship ID, Manufacturer, Last PO Number, Last Ship Scheduled, Original Document, and PC Number in the text boxes.

8. When you’re finished, click  Save.

The part is created.

  9.   On the Inventory Advices window, click to open the part that you created.

  TIP   You can use the Delete icon to remove a record.

On the Inventory Advices Detail window, the Quantities and Other Info tabs are displayed.

10.  Switch to the Quantities tab, and then add the quantity information about the part by doing the following:

 a.   Click New.

 b.   On the Inventory Advices Detail Quantity window, fill out the form. 

c.    Click  Save.

  The part quantity is added.

  11.  Switch to the Other Info tab, and then add the other information about the part.

  12. When you’re finished, click  Save.

 

Field Definitions 

Supplier Inventory Advice > General

Field	Definition
Trading Partner	The ID code of the Trading Partner.
Purpose	The Inventory Advice’s purpose code.
Reference Number	The reference number from the original document for this inventory advice.
Created Date	The date when the inventory advice was created.
Due Date	The date when the inventory advice is due.
Supplier Code	The ID code of the Supplier.
Supplier Name	The name of the Supplier.
Plant Code	The branch company of the Supplier Code.
Plant Name	The name of the branch company, which belongs to the Supplier.

 

Supplier Inventory Advice > Parts

Field	Definition
Part Number	The part number for the Inventory Advice.
Description	A brief description about the part ordered.
Advice Type	The type of Inventory Advice. Examples: IA: Inventory Adjustment RA: Receipt Adjustment
Due Date	The end date of storage life cycle of the product. It could be shipped date/delivery date.
Cycle Count Date	The start date of periodic counting of individual items throughout the course of the year to ensure the accuracy of inventory quantities and values.
Last Received Date	The last date when the part number was received.
Engineering Change Level	The engineering/design change code for the part ordered.
Promise Code	The number of the involved project.
Last Ship ID	The last Shipment ID (ASN Number).
Manufacturer	Supplier or manufacturer of the product or part.
Last PO Number	The last Purchase Order reference number.
Last Ship Sched	The last date when this part is scheduled to ship.
Original Document	The reference number of the original document for this part.
Quantity Type	The quantity type of the part. For example, 17 means Quantity on hand.
Quantity	The quantity of the part ordered.
Unit of Measure	The Unit of Measure for the part.

 

Edit a Supplier Inventory Advice

  1.   On the Supplier Demand Mgt menu, click Inventory Advices.

  2.   On the Supplier Inventory Advices screen, click the record that you want to change.

  3.   On the Inventory Advices window, make the changes on the General and the Parts tabs as needed.

 Note   For a full description of each field, refer to the Field Definitions in the previous section.

   4.   When you are finished, click  Save.

General tab

Parts tab

 

Delete a Supplier Inventory Advice

 1.   On the Supplier Demand Mgt menu, click Inventory Advices.

  2.   On the Supplier Inventory Advices screen, select the inventory advice that you want to remove, and then click  Delete.

  3.   On the confirmation window, click OK.

Related Topics

• Demand Schedules

• Schedules

• Demand Requests